Matthew's blog: ASUS

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Preview of the ASUS Rampage IV Extreme

Hey all,

Today's the day that most people from the computing industry are waiting for. The time when ASUS showcases some of our upcoming motherboards based on the X79 chipset from Intel. While I cannot disclose the performance benchmarks yet, or any specific details about the numbers side, here's a little teaser of what's coming up for ASUS & Republic of Gamers. Pictures were taken by me, feel free to share them wherever you want.

Missing a few graphics cards, but 4-way SLI/CrossfireX capable natively. Without the NF200 chipset.

Another view of the 5x PCI-E slots. Can fit 4 dual-slot video cards, or 2 triple-slot video cards + 1x PCIe addon card.

The back IO of the Rampage IV Extreme, what can you see?

The top part of the ASUS Rampage IV Extreme, you can see the 8-DIMM design. Fitting 8 RAM slots is hard when you add so much features on a high-end motherboard, but we did it :)

The middle of the ASUS ROG Rampage IV Extreme. You can see clearly see the sexy colour scheme.

Southbridge PCH including an active fan.

6 of the SATA ports including the new Subzero Sense, integrates 2x Type-K probe digital thermometers onboard. For the Ln2 guys.

Another view of the sexy Rampage IV Extreme. Note all the heatsinks are connected via copper heatpipes for optimum cooling.

The OC Zone. The Overclocker's best friend. From L-R: Debug Q-LEDs, Voltage measure points for various points on the motherboard, PCIe x16 Lane Switch to test the status of VGAs. Start/Reset button. Slow mode jumper for the LN2 guys to get the best CPU clocks. Debug Q-CODE to get a hex reading of the current status of the motherboard.

If you look around the Internet, you should be able to see images & also videos of other ASUS X79 motherboards like the P9X79 series & also the newest Sabertooth motherboard, the Sabertooth X79!

Do you know who else loves our new ROG motherboard range? EA! We're partnering with EA to bundle a full version their awesome new Battlefield 3 game with a select range of products, more details will be available soon!

In the meantime, ASUS Australia will be showing more and more about the new gaming motherboards & video cards on Facebook which can be found here: CLICK ME <3

We'll be doing a few big things in the next few months, some exciting times!

Let me know your thoughts about the new motherboards, and ask any questions you may have :)

Cheers,
Matt@ASUS

Sunday, March 27, 2011

[GPOV]: Tt eSPORTS, ASUS & Scorptec Aimstar CS:S Challenge

Hey guys,

Last weekend I attended the Tt eSPORTS Aimstar CounterStrike:Source event which was supported by ASUS, AMD & G.Skill. The event was held at the wondrous Scorptec showroom in Melbourne.

The day started of quickly as many of the attendees arrived before the official opening time of 11AM eagerly checking out the computers and the hardware that were present.

The 2 pro players; Nicolas 'Fluke' Pontil-Scala and Anthony 'Ar3syk' Christou of Tt.GIGA started to set up their machines which they would be using for the next 3 hours along with the first pair to go up against them. They were great sports for taking on wave after wave of 2s :)

Meanwhile, 4 computers were also set up to allow the next 2 pairs to warm up against each other.

The scores of the rounds on aim_map were recorded on a huge whiteboard and gameplay was shown on the big screen

The supports of the event also brought hardware to show off in various different styles.

Some of the ex-Sequential girls came along as well, showing that they can play CS:S and be good promoting Tt eSPORTS! There are other pics, but not sure if they want you to see it… I’ll let them decide.